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The point it proves is real:\n      a sealed session cookie can only be \u003Cb>opened\u003C\u002Fb> with the secret that sealed it, and\n      editing even one character makes it fail to open at all, instead of quietly forging new data.\n    \u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"banner info show\">\n      Modeled sealing — this page uses a tiny toy checksum to stand in for the real\n      authenticated-encryption format (\u003Ccode>iron\u003C\u002Fcode>, via \u003Ccode>h3\u003C\u002Fcode>) that Nuxt's\n      \u003Ccode>useSession\u003C\u002Fcode> actually uses. The lesson (tamper → rejected, wrong secret → rejected)\n      is the same either way.\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">1\u003C\u002Fspan> Pick what to try\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"seg\" id=\"tabSeg\">\n      \u003Cbutton type=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"true\" data-val=\"roundtrip\">Normal round trip\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003Cbutton type=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-val=\"tamper\">Tamper with the cookie\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003Cbutton type=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-val=\"secret\">Wrong secret\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003C!-- ROUND TRIP -->\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel\" id=\"tab-roundtrip\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">2\u003C\u002Fspan> Visit the page a few times\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cp class=\"hint\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n        Each click simulates a brand-new, unrelated HTTP request — the server has no memory of the\n        last one. The only thing that connects them is the cookie your \"browser\" sends back.\n      \u003C\u002Fp>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"btn-row\">\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn primary\" id=\"visitBtn\">▶️ Send a request with this cookie\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn ghost\" id=\"resetBtn\">Reset (new visitor)\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"output\" style=\"margin-top:12px; display:flex; gap:24px; align-items:center; flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n        \u003Cdiv>\n          \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\" style=\"margin:0 0 4px\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">visits\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n          \u003Cdiv class=\"visits-num\" id=\"visitsNum\">0\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n        \u003Cdiv style=\"flex:1; min-width:220px;\">\n          \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\" style=\"margin:0 0 4px\">cookie sent back to the browser\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n          \u003Cdiv class=\"cookie-box\" id=\"cookieBoxRT\">(none yet — click \"Send a request\")\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"status\" id=\"statusRT\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\">\n        \u003Cspan class=\"dot info\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan>No session cookie yet — the first request creates one.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003C!-- TAMPER -->\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel\" id=\"tab-tamper\" style=\"display:none;\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">2\u003C\u002Fspan> A sealed cookie from a real session\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cp class=\"hint\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n        This cookie already says \u003Ccode>{ \"userId\": \"ada-01\" }\u003C\u002Fcode>. Flip one character in it — the way\n        a curious visitor poking at devtools might — and resend it.\n      \u003C\u002Fp>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"cookie-box\" id=\"cookieBoxTamper\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"btn-row\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\">\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn bad\" id=\"flipBtn\">✏️ Flip a character in the cookie\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn primary\" id=\"resendBtn\">▶️ Resend this cookie to the server\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn ghost\" id=\"resetTamperBtn\">Reset\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"output\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\">\n        \u003Cdiv class=\"log\" id=\"tamperLog\">Flip a character, then resend, and compare to resending it untouched.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003C!-- WRONG SECRET -->\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"panel\" id=\"tab-secret\" style=\"display:none;\">\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"panel-label\">\u003Cspan class=\"n\">2\u003C\u002Fspan> Two server instances, two secrets\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cp class=\"hint\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n        This cookie was sealed by a server whose \u003Ccode>NUXT_APP_SECRET\u003C\u002Fcode> is \u003Ccode>A\u003C\u002Fcode>. Pick which\n        server instance receives the next request — one shares the same secret, one doesn't (think: a\n        second instance deployed without the env var set, or a secret rotated without warning).\n      \u003C\u002Fp>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"cookie-box\" id=\"cookieBoxSecret\" style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"row\" style=\"gap:10px; align-items:flex-end; flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n        \u003Cdiv class=\"field\">\n          \u003Cspan class=\"ctl-label\">Receiving server's appSecret\u003C\u002Fspan>\n          \u003Cselect class=\"pg-select\" id=\"secretSelect\">\n            \u003Coption value=\"A\" selected>Secret A (same server that sealed it)\u003C\u002Foption>\n            \u003Coption value=\"B\">Secret B (a different instance \u002F rotated secret)\u003C\u002Foption>\n          \u003C\u002Fselect>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n        \u003Cbutton class=\"btn primary\" id=\"secretRun\">▶️ Unseal with this secret\u003C\u002Fbutton>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003Cdiv class=\"output\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\">\n        \u003Cdiv class=\"log\" id=\"secretLog\">Pick a secret and try to unseal.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \u003Cdiv class=\"hint\" style=\"margin-top:14px;\">\n      In all three tabs: a failed unseal is treated as \u003Cb>no session\u003C\u002Fb>, never as \"whatever the cookie\n      says.\" That's the actual security property — tampering doesn't let you forge a different\n      session, it just destroys the one you had.\n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n  \u003C\u002Fdiv>","\u002F*\n * Shared playground design system — daily-post\n * ============================================\n * Link it from any post's playground\u002Findex.html (no per-post boilerplate):\n *\n *   \u003Clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"..\u002F..\u002F..\u002Fplayground\u002Fassets\u002Fbase.css\" \u002F>\n *\n * The relative path resolves the same locally (posts\u002F\u003Cbase>\u002Fplayground\u002F) and on\n * the deployed host (public\u002Fposts\u002F\u003Cbase>\u002Fplayground\u002F), because build-site.js\n * mirrors this file to public\u002Fplayground\u002Fassets\u002Fbase.css. 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}\n.btn[disabled] { opacity: 0.45; cursor: not-allowed; }\n.btn.primary { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent-ink); }\n.btn.primary:hover { filter: brightness(1.08); background: var(--accent); }\n.btn.good { background: var(--good); border-color: var(--good); color: #04140a; }\n.btn.bad  { background: var(--bad);  border-color: var(--bad);  color: #fff; }\n.btn.ghost { background: transparent; }\n.btn.sm { padding: 6px 11px; font-size: 0.82rem; }\n\n.btn-row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 9px; }\n\n\u002F* Segmented control — a row of buttons where one is active (aria-pressed). *\u002F\n.seg { display: inline-flex; background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line);\n  border-radius: var(--radius-sm); padding: 3px; gap: 3px; }\n.seg button {\n  font: inherit; font-weight: 650; font-size: 0.84rem; cursor: pointer;\n  border: none; background: transparent; color: var(--muted);\n  padding: 7px 13px; border-radius: 7px;\n  transition: background .15s ease, color .15s ease;\n}\n.seg button:hover { color: var(--ink); }\n.seg button[aria-pressed=\"true\"] { background: var(--accent); color: var(--accent-ink); }\n.seg button:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }\n\n\u002F* Preset chips — worked-example shortcuts. *\u002F\n.presets { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; }\n.presets .btn { background: var(--panel-2); }\n\n\u002F* ---------- toggle switch ---------- *\u002F\n.toggle { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; cursor: pointer;\n  font-size: 0.88rem; font-weight: 600; user-select: none; }\n.toggle input { position: absolute; opacity: 0; width: 0; height: 0; }\n.switch { position: relative; width: 44px; height: 25px; border-radius: 999px; flex: none;\n  background: var(--line); border: 1px solid var(--line); transition: background .18s ease; }\n.switch::after { content: \"\"; position: absolute; top: 2px; left: 2px; width: 19px; height: 19px;\n  border-radius: 50%; background: #cfd6e4; transition: transform .18s ease; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #0006; 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\" flipped\" : \"\");\n    el.innerHTML = '\u003Cspan class=\"seal-part\">' + parts[0] + '\u003C\u002Fspan>.\u003Cspan class=\"sig-part\">' + parts[1] + '\u003C\u002Fspan>';\n  }\n\n  var APP_SECRET = \"appSecretA-32charsOrMoreInRealLife\";\n\n  \u002F\u002F ---------- tabs ----------\n  var tabSeg = document.getElementById(\"tabSeg\");\n  var tabs = {\n    roundtrip: document.getElementById(\"tab-roundtrip\"),\n    tamper: document.getElementById(\"tab-tamper\"),\n    secret: document.getElementById(\"tab-secret\"),\n  };\n  tabSeg.addEventListener(\"click\", function (e) {\n    var btn = e.target.closest(\"button[data-val]\");\n    if (!btn) return;\n    Array.prototype.forEach.call(tabSeg.querySelectorAll(\"button\"), function (b) {\n      b.setAttribute(\"aria-pressed\", String(b === btn));\n    });\n    Object.keys(tabs).forEach(function (k) { tabs[k].style.display = k === btn.dataset.val ? \"\" : \"none\"; });\n  });\n\n  \u002F\u002F ---------- Tab 1: normal round trip ----------\n  var visits = 0;\n  var cookieRT = null;\n  var visitsNum = document.getElementById(\"visitsNum\");\n  var cookieBoxRT = document.getElementById(\"cookieBoxRT\");\n  var statusRT = document.getElementById(\"statusRT\");\n\n  document.getElementById(\"visitBtn\").addEventListener(\"click\", function () {\n    var incoming = cookieRT ? 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